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The theory of characteristic classes provides a meeting ground for the various disciplines of differential topology, differential and algebraic geometry, cohomology, and fiber bundle theory. As such, it is a fundamental and an essential tool in the study of differentiable manifolds.In this volume, the authors provide a thorough introduction to characteristic classes, with detailed studies of Stiefel-Whitney classes, Chern classes, Pontrjagin classes, and the Euler class. Three appendices cover the basics of cohomology theory and the differential forms approach to characteristic classes, and provide an account of Bernoulli numbers.Based on lecture notes of John Milnor, which first appeared at Princeton University in 1957 and have been widely studied by graduate students of topology ever since, this published version has been completely revised and corrected.

Algebraic topology --- Characteristic classes --- Classes caractéristiques --- 515.16 --- #WWIS:d.d. Prof. L. Bouckaert/ALTO --- Classes, Characteristic --- Differential topology --- Topology of manifolds --- Characteristic classes. --- 515.16 Topology of manifolds --- Classes caractéristiques --- Additive group. --- Axiom. --- Basis (linear algebra). --- Boundary (topology). --- Bundle map. --- CW complex. --- Canonical map. --- Cap product. --- Cartesian product. --- Characteristic class. --- Charles Ehresmann. --- Chern class. --- Classifying space. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology ring. --- Cohomology. --- Compact space. --- Complex dimension. --- Complex manifold. --- Complex vector bundle. --- Complexification. --- Computation. --- Conformal geometry. --- Continuous function. --- Coordinate space. --- Cross product. --- De Rham cohomology. --- Diffeomorphism. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Differential form. --- Differential operator. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Dimension. --- Direct sum. --- Directional derivative. --- Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms. --- Embedding. --- Equivalence class. --- Euler class. --- Euler number. --- Existence theorem. --- Existential quantification. --- Exterior (topology). --- Fiber bundle. --- Fundamental class. --- Fundamental group. --- General linear group. --- Grassmannian. --- Gysin sequence. --- Hausdorff space. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homotopy. --- Identity element. --- Integer. --- Interior (topology). --- Isomorphism class. --- J-homomorphism. --- K-theory. --- Leibniz integral rule. --- Levi-Civita connection. --- Limit of a sequence. --- Linear map. --- Metric space. --- Natural number. --- Natural topology. --- Neighbourhood (mathematics). --- Normal bundle. --- Open set. --- Orthogonal complement. --- Orthogonal group. --- Orthonormal basis. --- Partition of unity. --- Permutation. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Principal ideal domain. --- Projection (mathematics). --- Representation ring. --- Riemannian manifold. --- Sequence. --- Singular homology. --- Smoothness. --- Special case. --- Steenrod algebra. --- Stiefel–Whitney class. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Symmetric function. --- Tangent bundle. --- Tensor product. --- Theorem. --- Thom space. --- Topological space. --- Topology. --- Unit disk. --- Unit vector. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Vector bundle. --- Vector space. --- Topologie differentielle --- Classes caracteristiques --- Classes et nombres caracteristiques

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Written for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students, this book aims to introduce students to a serious level of p-adic analysis with important implications for number theory. The main object is the study of G-series, that is, power series y=aij=0 Ajxj with coefficients in an algebraic number field K. These series satisfy a linear differential equation Ly=0 with LIK(x) [d/dx] and have non-zero radii of convergence for each imbedding of K into the complex numbers. They have the further property that the common denominators of the first s coefficients go to infinity geometrically with the index s. After presenting a review of valuation theory and elementary p-adic analysis together with an application to the congruence zeta function, this book offers a detailed study of the p-adic properties of formal power series solutions of linear differential equations. In particular, the p-adic radii of convergence and the p-adic growth of coefficients are studied. Recent work of Christol, Bombieri, André, and Dwork is treated and augmented. The book concludes with Chudnovsky's theorem: the analytic continuation of a G -series is again a G -series. This book will be indispensable for those wishing to study the work of Bombieri and André on global relations and for the study of the arithmetic properties of solutions of ordinary differential equations.

Analyse p-adique --- H-fonction --- H-functie --- H-function --- p-adic analyse --- p-adic analysis --- H-functions --- H-functions. --- p-adic analysis. --- Analysis, p-adic --- Algebra --- Calculus --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Fox's H-function --- G-functions, Generalized --- Generalized G-functions --- Generalized Mellin-Barnes functions --- Mellin-Barnes functions, Generalized --- Hypergeometric functions --- Adjoint. --- Algebraic Method. --- Algebraic closure. --- Algebraic number field. --- Algebraic number theory. --- Algebraic variety. --- Algebraically closed field. --- Analytic continuation. --- Analytic function. --- Argument principle. --- Arithmetic. --- Automorphism. --- Bearing (navigation). --- Binomial series. --- Calculation. --- Cardinality. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Cauchy sequence. --- Cauchy's theorem (geometry). --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology. --- Commutative ring. --- Complete intersection. --- Complex analysis. --- Conjecture. --- Density theorem. --- Differential equation. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Direct sum. --- Discrete valuation. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Elliptic curve. --- Equation. --- Equivalence class. --- Estimation. --- Existential quantification. --- Exponential function. --- Exterior algebra. --- Field of fractions. --- Finite field. --- Formal power series. --- Fuchs' theorem. --- G-module. --- Galois extension. --- Galois group. --- General linear group. --- Generic point. --- Geometry. --- Hypergeometric function. --- Identity matrix. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Intercept method. --- Irreducible element. --- Irreducible polynomial. --- Laurent series. --- Limit of a sequence. --- Linear differential equation. --- Lowest common denominator. --- Mathematical induction. --- Meromorphic function. --- Modular arithmetic. --- Module (mathematics). --- Monodromy. --- Monotonic function. --- Multiplicative group. --- Natural number. --- Newton polygon. --- Number theory. --- P-adic number. --- Parameter. --- Permutation. --- Polygon. --- Polynomial. --- Projective line. --- Q.E.D. --- Quadratic residue. --- Radius of convergence. --- Rational function. --- Rational number. --- Residue field. --- Riemann hypothesis. --- Ring of integers. --- Root of unity. --- Separable polynomial. --- Sequence. --- Siegel's lemma. --- Special case. --- Square root. --- Subring. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Theorem. --- Topology of uniform convergence. --- Transpose. --- Triangle inequality. --- Unipotent. --- Valuation ring. --- Weil conjecture. --- Wronskian. --- Y-intercept.

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More than three centuries after its creation, calculus remains a dazzling intellectual achievement and the gateway to higher mathematics. This book charts its growth and development by sampling from the work of some of its foremost practitioners, beginning with Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the late seventeenth century and continuing to Henri Lebesgue at the dawn of the twentieth. Now with a new preface by the author, this book documents the evolution of calculus from a powerful but logically chaotic subject into one whose foundations are thorough, rigorous, and unflinching-a story of genius triumphing over some of the toughest, subtlest problems imaginable. In touring The Calculus Gallery, we can see how it all came to be.

Calculus --- History. --- Absolute value. --- Addition. --- Algebraic number. --- Antiderivative. --- Arc length. --- Augustin-Louis Cauchy. --- Baire category theorem. --- Bernhard Riemann. --- Binomial theorem. --- Bounded function. --- Calculation. --- Central limit theorem. --- Characterization (mathematics). --- Coefficient. --- Complex analysis. --- Continuous function (set theory). --- Continuous function. --- Contradiction. --- Convergent series. --- Corollary. --- Countable set. --- Counterexample. --- Dense set. --- Derivative. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Dichotomy. --- Differentiable function. --- Differential calculus. --- Differential equation. --- Division by zero. --- Equation. --- Existential quantification. --- Fluxion. --- Fourier series. --- Fundamental theorem. --- Geometric progression. --- Geometric series. --- Geometry. --- Georg Cantor. --- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. --- Harmonic series (mathematics). --- Henri Lebesgue. --- Infimum and supremum. --- Infinitesimal. --- Infinity. --- Integer. --- Integration by parts. --- Intermediate value theorem. --- Interval (mathematics). --- Joseph Fourier. --- Karl Weierstrass. --- L'Hôpital's rule. --- Lebesgue integration. --- Lebesgue measure. --- Length. --- Leonhard Euler. --- Limit of a sequence. --- Logarithm. --- Mathematical analysis. --- Mathematician. --- Mathematics. --- Mean value theorem. --- Measurable function. --- Natural number. --- Notation. --- Nowhere continuous function. --- Number theory. --- Pointwise. --- Polynomial. --- Power rule. --- Princeton University Press. --- Q.E.D. --- Quadratic. --- Quantity. --- Rational number. --- Real analysis. --- Real number. --- Rectangle. --- Riemann integral. --- Root test. --- Scientific notation. --- Series (mathematics). --- Set theory. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Stone–Weierstrass theorem. --- Subset. --- Subtangent. --- Summation. --- Tangent. --- Textbook. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Transcendental number. --- Trigonometric functions. --- Uniform continuity. --- Uniform convergence. --- Unit interval. --- Upper and lower bounds. --- Vito Volterra. --- Westmont College.